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Title: Measurement of the BB Decay Half-Life of 130Te with the NEMO-3 Detector

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
OSTI ID:1029641

We report results from the NEMO-3 experiment based on an exposure of 1275 days with 661 g of 130Te in the form of enriched and natural tellurium foils. The double B decay rate of 130Te is found to be greater than zero with a significance of 7.7 standard deviations and the half-life is measured to be T2v 1/2 = [7.0 +/- 0.9(stat) +/- 1.1 (syst)] x 10{sup 20} yr. This represents the most precise measurement of this half-life yet published and the first real-time observation of this decay.

Research Organization:
Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
DE-AC07-05ID14517
OSTI ID:
1029641
Report Number(s):
INL/JOU-11-23980; PRLTAO; TRN: US1105819
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Vol. 107, Issue 6; ISSN 0031-9007
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English